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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

comet discovered in 2020 by the WISE space telescope
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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Summary

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a non-periodic comet[1]. C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) ranks in the top 7% of non_periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s image is recorded as 2020-07-13 02-3x-xx-smx 30x30s 300mm f4 2048px.jpg[3].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s image is recorded as Schronisko PTTK Samotnia i kometa Neowise (poprawiony).jpg[4].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s image is recorded as Comet NEOWISE and meteor.jpg[5].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet[6].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s instance of is recorded as near-parabolic comet[7].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer[8].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s Commons category is recorded as C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)[9].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2020-03-27T00:00:00Z[11].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003667[12].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9991780273359877'}[13].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}[14].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s YouTube video ID is recorded as fpy_deG56JA[15].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.9375027266442'}[16].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+6800'}[17].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2478990.064813755'}[18].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.01042537823921'}[19].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+50000'}[20].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+358.4684237946282'}[21].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+720'}[22].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+716.6421963439857'}[23].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.2946512452707585'}[24].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+37.27865629539383'}[25].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.0003370716551694199'}[26].
  • C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11jfl645l3[27].

Why It Matters

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) ranks in the top 7% of non_periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[2] C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2020-f3-neowise
MLA “C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE).” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2020-f3-neowise.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_c-2020-f3-neowise_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-2020-f3-neowise}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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